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### 1.5 General Usage of the Programs

The programs in the MetaQTL suite all have the same look and feel and are heavily influenced by UNIX programs. They can only be used as command line programs. The options `-v, --verbose` and `-h, --help` are common to all the programs. The first one activates the verbosity mode and the second one can be used to display a brief help on program usage.